WEST v. MURPHY

No. 13-2014.

771 F.3d 209 (2014)

Dana T. WEST, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Anthony Haig; Gary Saunders; Michael Washington, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Eric Jones; Kevin Adams; Tonia Bowie; David Colyns; Aaron Ross, Plaintiffs, v. Susan MURPHY, former Warden, Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center, individually and in her official capacity; William Jednorski, former Warden, Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees, and City of Baltimore; Baltimore City Police Department; Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; Mitchell Franks, Warden, Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Barrett Stephen Litt , Kaye McLane Bednarski & Litt, Pasadena, California, for Appellants. William F. Brockman , Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Sean R. Day , Greenbelt, Maryland; William Claiborne , Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Douglas F. Gansler , Attorney General, Matthew J. Fader , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge WYNN joined. Judge WYNN wrote a separate concurring opinion.


WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action involves strip searches of arrestees in the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center. The district court granted defendants' motions for summary judgment on the grounds of qualified immunity. Jones v. Murphy, 2013 WL 822372, at *6 (D.Md. Mar. 5, 2013). We now affirm.

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